• Mothra@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I haven’t checked the article linked. I could swear about a month ago I saw a headline saying the ozone hole was slowly recovering?? No?? NASA backed research or something? Did I imagine it all?

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      1 year ago

      Yeah you aren’t imagining it. I recall reading one a while back saying the hole in the ozone layer over Antartica was healed. I cannot find the article in particle but a quick google search turned up this one that said it closed in 2021

      Edit: Antartica

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I thought I saw one around here recently that said it had recovered since the 80s or 90s since we stopped using certain aerosols and refrigerants.

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      1 year ago

      Best guess is the ozone is super sensitive to pollution and covid restrictions stopped.